This is the first day of my life…

The Bhagavad Gita is a scriptural poem from the greater Mahabrhata text, which in turn is from the Hindu Upanishads, which come from the ancient Vedic text. A monk came up to my boyfriend while he was waiting for me to finish work (at the Newtown Cafe). Anyway, he originally was trying to talk to my boyfriend about becoming a monk. However, when my BF told him he had a girlfriend the monk admitted that it might make things harder. Anyway, my BF gave the monk a donation and the monk gave my BF a copy of the Gita, which I had been looking for, for a long time! As he left the monk told my boyfriend not to have too many babies.

I don’t really know why?

So, anyhoo, I was very happy when (after a long day, frustrated buses and an almost asthma attack) I got a very happy surprise present!

If you are at all interested in Hindu religions you should look at this text.

Leonard Cohen references it in his doco “I’m Your Man.”

There is also a film version.

Sometimes, only sometimes, my boyfriend can be truly horrid/ funny and disturbing.. all at the same time.

This is much more dramatic sounding than it actually was.

My boyfriend has a fish.

It’s name is Sheldon, named after our favourite waiter at a local cafe.

He is a fighting fish, tropical and likes to be warm.

Sheldon was getting very cold, like the rest of us.

Where i live it has been getting down to 2.7 degrees Celsius during the day.

Sheldon’s heater stopped working.

My boyfriend and his flatmates decided, oh well, its just a fish.

But can’t think like that.

I,(quite dramatically), scooped Sheldon out of his massive tank into a small vase.

Wrapped the vase up with a woolen scarf

Put it on the floor next to the heater.

It wasn’t looking good.

Sheldon wasn’t breathing much and he was lying on his side.

The odds were against us.

But I could not give up on him.

I don’t like to sit and watch things die, slowly.

Warmer, warmer, warmer.

And then, all o sudden. Sheldon started to swim, and wiggle, and get up off of his side, and even eat.

So I guess I saved him. I dont think my boyfriend deserves a fish.